Real (Acoustic) drums tracker not picking up rolls

[Daryl Binder]

I have a real issue when it comes to picking up any type of snare rolls when I’m playing on my set. I have the entire set miced with 9 audix mics running through 2 analog compressors before it hits my DAW. I’ve tried bypassing the compressors and have worked on velocity curves and trigger sensitivity on superior but it just will not pickup any type of rolls. Maybe 1 out of every 5 hits so it sounds awful. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to have my it pick up the hits more consistently? I’m to the point where I’m about to just buy a E snare and just run the snare midi. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: Windows 7

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[Mark King]

If you are talking about a snare drum roll and not say a 16th open drum roll then I think you will struggle to get any type of tracker to pick that up good enough. As a drummer myself I use a electronic drum kit as it’s much easier way than trying to play an acoustic kit and then use tracker. I have used tracker fir old tracks quite well but not on a snare drum roll. You can get a decent roll if you draw in the notes although you do need to edit velocities as you don’t want them all the same.

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

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